5 Insane Holiday Diets That You Should Never, Ever Try

Ah, the holidays. No matter what your family traditions are, how far you have to travel, or how much booze you imbibe, one thing holds true: the media thinks we’re all a bunch of fatty McFat-fats who can’t or won’t control ourselves. So what are we bombarded with in the weeks after the holiday season? Fad diets.

I can’t tell you how many crazy holiday diets that I’ve tried, or have been told I should try (I come from a family of strong, but very opinionated women). If it’s unhealthy, miserable and prone to make you homicidal, I’ve tried it. Yet every year I see these same awful diets touted as the way to lose those pesky post-holiday pounds (I’m looking at you, beauty magazines). To this I say NO MORE! I

I’ve discussed my body issues here before, and these crash diets are just NOT healthy, emotionally or physically. So to commemorate my departure from the after-holiday-fat-banishment bandwagon, here are my five most hated fad diets that won’t be trying this year.

Until a family member suggested this the other day, I didn’t think people still did this to themselves, but apparently they do. In case you’e unfamiliar (and if you are, then you should be proud), the cabbage soup diet entails basically starving yourself and only eating cabbage soup for days on end. And yes, it’s as farty as it sounds.

This is another diet that is great if you enjoy sharting yourself for a week (and who am I to judge?). The master cleanse is like something out of an old English torture scene. You have to drink nothing but a “lemonade” that is nothing like delicious, awesome lemonade. No, this “lemonade” has maple syrup. And cayenne pepper. And shame.

3. The Grapefruit Diet

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This is also known as the Hollywood diet, which should tell you everything you need to know about it. For all intents and purposes the grapefruit diet is a low-carb diet, if by low-card you mean “want to punch kittens in the face.”

Slim-Fast was my go-to diet as a high school kid struggling with body issues. Of course, since I was a dumbass as a teenager, I took it too far and ONLY had Slim-Fast for days on end, which means I hate it now. Seriously, even the smell of Slim-Fast makes me nauseous. YUCK.

This is the diet that various members of my family will suggest whenever topic like weight loss, dieting, food, breathing, etc. come up. I tried this exactly once, for about a month. Here’s the thing they don’t tell you about diets like Atkins (or it’s cousin The Zone). They make you STINK. And honestly, it’s gross to eat this much protein, in my esteemed opinion.